WALTON (ISAAK) The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, FIRST EDITION, Richard Marriott, 1653[WALTON (ISAAK)]The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on title, 6 engraved vignettes of fish, 2 pages of music, without final blank R4, final leaf (pp.245/6) with small piece torn away at lower gutter corner resulting in the loss of 2 words and partial loss of 4 others, replaced in manuscript facsimile, re-cased in early nineteenth century green straight-grained morocco, gilt lettered on spine, g.e. [ESTC R202374; Coigney 1; Horne 1; Oliver 1; Pforzheimer 1048; Westwood & Satchell, p.217], 8vo (140 x 85mm.), Richard Marriott, 1653A FINE COPY, WITH A DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE, OF THE MOST CELEBRATED WORK IN ANGLING LITERATURE, Westwood and Satchell noting that "A FIRST Walton confers distinction upon its owner...". It has since been published in upwards of 400 editions. Provenance: Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929, Prime Minister), bookplate; Robert Ashley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of Crewe (1858-1945, politician, Rosebery's son-in-law), with his autograph note ("left to me by Lord Rosebery)/Crewe 21 May 1929") on the front free endpaper; thence by descent; Sotheby's, 14 July 2015, lot 62.